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rarissimum 89: ergative (or neutral) case marking higher and accusative case marking lower on the referential hierarchy
- Where found
- PRONOUNS NOUNS
1ST 2ND 3RD
ERG———–> ACC Parachi and Yazguljami, past tense (Iranian, IE)
ERG——> ACC NEUT Iha, SG, past tense (West Bomberai, “Papuan”)
ERG——> NEUT ACC Tirahi, past tense (Dardic, IE)
NEUT———-> ACC Nganasan (Samoyedic, Uralic)
ERG——> ACC ERG Karitiana (Tupi-Guarani)
- Domain
- syntax
- Subdomain
- grammatical relations: alignment
- Keywords
- case, split, referential hierarchy
- Type
- rarissimum
- Universals violated
- , , , , ,
- Source
- Filimonova, Elena (2000). Noun phrase hierarchy and relational marking: The counter-evidence. Unpublished, Universität Konstanz.
